2006 October 10 Poker News, Events and Happenings

DENMARK (PRESS RELEASE) — Paradise Poker has begun running satellites to Showdown Poker Tour where players can win seats to the next Showdown event at Denmark’s oldest and most beautifully situated casino, Casino Marienlyst in Elsinore, Denmark.

The man known as either “The Great Dane” or “The Trashman”, depending on who is labeling him, has announced that he will represent Full Tilt Poker’s team of pro poker players at the Betfair Asian Poker Tour, the first major poker tournament in Singapore. Gus Hansen, known for taking increadble risks at the poker table and backgammon board alike, will appear at the $5000 buy-in event, taking place this November 12-17. With a prize pool topping $1 million, Hansen is going to have tough competition, including Willie Tann, Bengt Sonnert, Thomas “Buzzer” Bhil and Ben “Milkybarkid” Grundy…

– Tonights Extreme Strip Poker segment which is scheduled to air on ECW on Sci Fi was not filmed or shown last week to the crowd. — Last night during RAW it was mentioned that ECW on Sci Fi would be live tonight. This is not the case, as this weeks ECW on Sci Fi was taped last week.

The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas will be a host to a five-day, high-class poker event from October 22nd through October 27th as CEO Entertainment kicks off its poker event, the CEO Poker Tournament. The president of CEO Poker Maria Gomez, along with the CEO of World CEO Entertainment William Peraza, Jr, organized this five-day black tie event as a series of live $1,500 No Limit Texas Holdem events, ending with a $5,000 Main Event with over $500,000 as its prize pool. In addition to the top prize and all the bragging rights, as well as a unique ring, the winner of the Main Event will be proclaimed the “Chairman of Poker”…

AMHERSTBURG — The Essex County ATV Club is holding a poker run next month to support the Amherstburg Food Bank.

The soap opera-style life of former World Series of Poker champion Thomas ‘Amarillo Slim’ Preston picked up another chapter last Wednesday. As reported on amarillo.com, the online wing of the Amarillo Globe News….

Bar owners in Newfoundland and Labrador say rules surrounding the play of poker in their establishments are too vague and want them clarified.